Fresno State Athletics
Henderson named Preseason All-Mountain West
2/9/2023 12:00:00 PM | Baseball
A first-team All-Mountain West selection last spring, Henderson made 14 starts on the season leading the Mountain West with 98 strikeouts. The Clovis West graduate led the team and ranked fourth in the MW with seven wins while his 78.2 innings pitched ranked third in the conference.
Henderson earned three Mountain West Pitcher of the Week honors and he threw over six innings in seven games striking out a season-high 12 against UC Riverside while hitting 11 in two other contests.
As a team, Fresno State was predicted to finish fourth tallying 24 points overall with one first-place vote.
UNLV, who won the Mountain West regular season title last season, was selected to win the conference garnering four first-place votes and 33 points while San Jose State picked up two first-place votes and had 27 points.
San Diego State checks in third followed by Air Force in fifth, Nevada in sixth and New Mexico in seventh. All selections were based on votes by MW coaches and coaches could not vote on their own team or players.
Fresno State returns 18 student-athletes from its 2022 roster and welcomes 18 newcomers with seven transfers and 11 freshmen this season.
The Bulldogs open the season on Feb. 17 taking on Michigan at the MLB Desert Invitational in Mesa, Ariz. Season tickets for the 2023 season are available here and single-game tickets can be found here.
2023 MOUNTAIN WEST BASEBALLÂ PRESEASON COACHES POLL
Rank    Team (1st-place votes)   Points
1. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â UNLV (4)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 33
2.        San José State (2)         27
3.        San Diego State          25
4.        Fresno State (1)          24
5.        Air Force                21
6.        Nevada                 10
7.        New Mexico              7
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2023 MOUNTAIN WEST BASEBALL
PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Name                      Class     Position  Institution
Doyle Gehring       Jr.         P       Air Force
Sam Kulasingam     Jr.         INF     Air Force
Jay Thomason       Jr.     INF     Air Force
Ixan Henderson      Jr.        P      Fresno State
Kade Morris          Jr.        P      Nevada
Lenny Junior Ashby    Jr.        OF     New Mexico
Cole Carrigg         Jr.        OF     San Diego State
Hunter Dorraugh      Jr.        INF     San José State
Darren Jansen              Sr.       P       San José State
Charles McAdoo      Jr.        INF     San José State
Rylan Charles        Jr.        OF     UNLV
Austin Kryszczuk     Jr.        OF     UNLV
Edarian Williams      Sr.       INF     UNLV
Preseason Honors
Perfect Game
Henderson & Jake Dixon - Preseason All-Mountain West selections
D1Baseball
Picked second in the MW
Henderson (3), Nikoh Mitchell (10), Dixon (12), Roman Angelo (16) & Grady Morgan (20) - 2023 MLB Draft MW prospects
Triston "Murf" Gray (3), Jack Anker (9) - Impact MW Freshmen
Henderson ranked No. 79 starting pitcher - Top 200
2023 Season Tickets Available
Public: $199-250
Senior (65+): $165
Youth (5-18): $99
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